DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5918

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5918

Affected packages

Debian:12 / libarchive

Package

Name: libarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.6.2-1+deb12u4

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.2-1

3.6.2-1+deb12u1

3.6.2-1+deb12u2

3.6.2-1+deb12u3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5918.json"

Debian:13 / libarchive

Package

Name: libarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.7.4-4+deb13u1

Affected versions

3.*

3.7.4-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5918.json"

Debian:14 / libarchive

Package

Name: libarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.8.4-1

Affected versions

3.*

3.7.4-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5918.json"